LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2024.1
3D modeling and animation software gets new tools for copying and pasting animations, and for controlling depth of field in renders.
Thursday, September 19th, 2024
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Maxon ships Forger 2023.4
iPad sculpting app gets hierarchy system, new Sketch Sculpt brush, support for Area and IES lights. Free for up to three active files.
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
Check out neat real-time Godot rendering demo Myra
Android tech demo shows what can be achieved in mobile games using the open-source engine.
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.04
Real-time rendering toolkit gets physically accurate DoF, lens flares and motion blur. GPU ray tracing now supported on AMD hardware.
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Nevercenter ships Silo 2021.5 and Milo 2021.4
Check out the new features in the lightweight Sub-D modelling app and its new real-time renderer.
Monday, March 28th, 2022
U-Render releases U-Render 2021.9 for Cinema 4D
Physically based 'really real-time' renderer gets new Sheen effect to mimic the look of real-world fabrics.
Thursday, September 16th, 2021
Maxon releases public beta of Redshift RT
New hybrid rasterisation/ray tracing mode provides a high-quality real-time preview of Redshift scenes.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
RandomControl updates Maverick Indie and Studio
Both GPU renderers get new options for rendering animations, plus a free GPU benchmarking tool.
Monday, November 9th, 2020
Soft8Soft releases Verge3D 2.9 for Blender and 3ds Max
3ds Max edition now shipping: tool for converting 3D scenes to WebGL apps gets HDR render pipeline.
Friday, December 21st, 2018
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.20
Artists get new Niagara modular VFX editor, new options for shading human skin, plus cinematic DoF.
Saturday, July 21st, 2018
Reallusion ships iClone 7.1
Update to real-time character animation tool overhauls the DoF system and animation timeline; adds paid-for Curve Editor plugin.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
Richard Rosenman ships DOF PRO 5.2
Big update to the Photoshop plugin for adding depth of field to renders adds scores of power features.
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017
Sneak peek: Blender's new Eevee real-time render engine
Check out the feature set for the new, not-quite-PBR real-time render engine due in Blender 2.8 this year.
Friday, March 24th, 2017